A Potential Commute Nightmare For Students, Faculty, and Staff

Tomorrow's commute to school could potentially be a nightmare if the B and Q trains do not resume service to Brighton.  In addition to the usual bus commuters, the commuters who normally drive and the train commuters will be trying to cram into the buses at the stations where the train services end (Bay Parkway and 86th Street as of now.)  As a lowly employee, I do not have direct contact with the MTA, but I figured that the President of KCC does.  Below is the message I've sent her.  I've done my part.  Let's see if they listen.

Dear President Peruggi,

How are you?  I hope all is well.  I am one of your employees.

I am not sure if you've got this covered already.  Because the Q and B trains are not currently running, we are looking at a potential commute nightmare for students, faculty, and staff tomorrow.  All the train commuters will be taking the B1 and B49 buses, which is already overcrowded under normal circumstances.  With the added train commuters, it would not only create a nightmare, but also unsafe riding conditions.

I highly recommend that you contact the MTA, as the President of the College, to urge them to increase the number of buses to Kingsborough if they are unable to resume the B and Q trains to Brighton Beach.  Thank you for listening.

Kingborough Announcements - Post Hurricane Sandy

•  Tuesday, November 6, 2012 - All classes resume
• Monday, November 5, 2012, 11 am  - All faculty and staff should attend briefing by college president at PAC (probably regarding damages to the campus and instructions)
• Monday, November 5, 2012, 10am - RWC Tutors should report to RWC by 10am.  There will be briefings lasting until ~2pm.

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Why I Am Leaving Facebook

Facebook has become part of many people's lives nowadays. However, I was looking through trending topics on Twitter and found a lot of #ReasonsWhyILeftFacebook or #ReasonsWhyIAmLeavingFacebook. Here are the top ten that I found entertaining:

Top Ten #ReasonsWhyIAmLeavingFacebook

1. It reminded me of ancient times, when people were writing on walls and worshipping cats.

2. Too many idiots posting stuff like, "Like this if you like ice-cream! Ignore if you support murdering babies."

3. Twitter

4. I can't deal with reading thoughts that are longer than 140 characters.

5. I want to begin watering crops in real life.

6. My family joined.

7. That awkward moment when someone deletes their comment on Facebook and you look like you're talking to yourself.

8. Images like these:

9. When they switched to timeline they didn't realize that I needed three separate ones [as I have mastered traveling between parallel worlds.]

10. My parents found my Facebook page.




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If You Want More Jobs to be Available

If you want the unemployment rate to keep going down (or if you want to make sure the availability of jobs will continue to increase), you need to see this video.

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7 Steps in Taking the CATW

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This is my recommended protocol of how you should use the 90 minutes of the CATW.

1. Read, annotate, and write main idea in one sentence. (15 - 20 minutes)

2. Write introductory paragraph.  (5 minutes)

3. Pre-write(list, outline, concept webs, freewriting, flow charts,…) 

         - in getting your ideas down on scrap paper as quickly as possible.  (5 - 10 minutes)

4. Write the body paragraphs.  (25 - 30 minutes)

5. Write the conclusion.  (10 minutes)

6. Revise your thesis/main-focus statement.  (2 minutes)

7. Review, revise, and edit.  (15 minutes)

Note:  The video explaining these seven steps is coming.  I am posting this protocol prematurely due to requests from students.  Also, notice that each step in this protocol requires competency in certain areas.  For example, Step One requires that you are trained and competent in understanding the reading in-depth by annotating.  Step One also requires that you are trained in getting the reading's main message, or main idea, and communicating it in one sentence.  I usually teach or train students to be proficient in the skills required for step one in approximately two hours.

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Why Some Students Fail the CATW and the ACT Reading (Part 2)

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